Concerned Bonteheuwel residents are expected to protest near an intersection on Wednesday, following an apparent minibus taxi shooting over the weekend that claimed a man's life.
News24 previously reported that a 40-year-old man was shot on the corner of Jakkalsvlei Avenue and Jakes Gerwel Drive during a taxi meeting on …
read moreThirty-year-old father of two, Odwa Nkololo, was handed two life sentences for the rape and murder of 4-year-old Iyapha Yamile, plus another life sentence for the rape of a 7-year-old girl, in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Little Yamile's mother Sindiswe sank into the wooden bench of Court …
read morePresident Cyril Ramaphosa and British Prime Minister Theresa May made a renewed commitment on Tuesday to forge a closer partnership between SA and the UK.
This as Ramaphosa continues his drive to attract investment to the country and May looks to future trade opportunities amid complex Brexit negotiations.
They identified …
read moreThe Portfolio Committee on Public Works on Tuesday resolved to withdraw the Expropriation Bill so that it can be reintroduced after the Joint Constitutional Review Committee finishes its work on expropriation of land without compensation.
"The committee has observed that the work of the Joint Constitutional Review Committee is now …
read moreWould you give investigators a DNA sample to help investigators narrow down their search for a child rapist and murderer?
This is what the men of Town Two in Cape Town's suburb of Khayelitsha agreed to in their determination to help catch the man who raped and killed 4-year-old Iyapha …
read moreAngry Langa and Nyanga residents marched to the Cape Town Civic Centre on Friday, demanding that the City sack a housing official.
Placards read: "Sivuyile Mxokozeli you are a liar. We don't want you" and "Investigate corruption". Protesters sang: "Hush my baby. Things will change."
Zanele Mbizela, a community leader …
read moreThe UK supports President Cyril Ramaphosa's approach to land reform and believes it could potentially unlock further investment opportunities in Africa.
In her first visit to the continent as UK Prime Minister, Theresa May pledged to become the G7's biggest investor in Africa by 2022, using the UK's development budget …
read moreCape Town - Western Province won’t be as poor away from home as the Stormers were in Super Rugby this year.
This is the view of WP’s defence coach Norman Laker, who was speaking at a press conference at the team’s High Performance Centre in Bellville on Monday …
read morePlans have been put in place for the protection of firefighters following a violent attack on 14 crew in Kraaifontein, Cape Town, this weekend.
The increase in attacks on City staff members was highlighted during a briefing on law enforcement statistics on Monday.
Chief Fire Officer Ian Schnetler said that …
read moreTwo men who were with the Hout Bay fisherman who went missing in a recent anti-poaching operation, say that police deliberately killed him.
The fishers, who were released on bail after being charged with the illegal possession of crayfish, told GroundUp in separate interviews that Durick van Blerk fell overboard …
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